Postnatal development of the dopaminergic signaling involved in the modulation of intestinal motility in mice.
Maria Grazia ZizzoGiacomo CavallaroMichelangelo AuteriGaetano CaldaraIlaria AmodeoMariangela MastropaoloDomenico NuzzoMarta Di CarloMonica FumagalliFabio MoscaFlavia MuleRosa SerioPublished in: Pediatric research (2016)
In mouse small intestine, the response to dopamine undergoes developmental changes shifting from contraction to relaxation at weaning, as the consequence of D2-like receptor recruitment and increased expression of D1 receptors.